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New lens material offers hope of better comfort.

We contacted David Thomas, who is the sole manufacturer and distributor of Rose K lenses under license to Rose K International in the UK. They are using a new lens material called Comfort O2.

David Thomas told us that the Comfort O2 material is the worlds first rigid silicone- hydrogel. They believe it is a significant advance in the development of material technology for RGP lenses.

This material already has FDA approval. They have received very positive feedback about comfort levels and extended wearing times from the contact lens laboratories in the United States.

They launched Comfort O2 at the beginning of 2005, although they had a limited prelaunch in December. They are also starting to receive very positive reactions from Patients and Practitioners. Some of their customers are starting to order Comfort O2 in the Rose K2 design but it is still early days and the feedback has not yet started to filter back on Keratoconus Patients reaction to this material. Given its expected advantages, they anticipate producing many Rose K lenses in this material as Practitioners discover its benefits.

A download brochure in pdf format, giving full details of Comfort O2 material, is available on our website. It can also be accessed by following the links from the Comfort O2 page. You can load their web page from www.davidthomas.com to find the information.

They hope to have the clinical study results and lots of patient feedback by the Spring of 2005. We will continue to keep you posted on the latest developments.